In times of turmoil and uncertainty, we can always find comfort and hope from the common language of the world: music. In Music We Trust (IMWT), a student-led community service group at Choate established in 2015, hopes to spread the joy of music by sharing Choate musicians’ recorded performances withRead More
Photo Courtesy of James Prosek/The Hartford Courant The Connecticut (CT) Art Trail, a partnership between museums and historical sites in Connecticut, launched the “Made in Connecticut” exhibition on October 15 at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum in Hartford in celebration of its 25th anniversary. Open through February 21, the exhibition consistsRead More
Graphic by Athena Liu/ The Choate News A soft ringing from the alarm I’d set on my phone signaled the beginning of my first class of the week. It was Monday at 6:55 p.m., and I had just finished a delicious dinner of Panang curry and kai jiew (Thai-style omelets).Read More
On Saturday, November 7, major news outlets called the 2020 U.S. presidential election for former Vice President Joe Biden. More than half the country breathed a sigh of relief; the national nightmare that is President Donald Trump’s P’00 presidency was finally coming to an end. When the news came, theRead More
On October 31, many Choate students made their way to the Class of 1976 turf field to participate in a school-wide Spikeball tournament hosted by Boar Pen. Players, who were looking to not only compete but also have an active and enjoyable time, signed up with a partner from theirRead More
Have you ever peered into the sky on a night out with friends or while stargazing solitarily during a stressful week, and suddenly thought you saw a bizarre moving silhouette? The fall play, Take-Away, invites its audience into a world of magical realism where unlucky high schoolers encounter an UFORead More
On October 8, after a video of a Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) officer ruthlessly murdering a young Nigerian man in the southern Delta State went viral, protests erupted across Nigeria. This is only the latest instance in SARS’s history of unlawful murder, abuse, and corruption. More broadly, the occurrences signifyRead More
While attending Choate in the middle of a pandemic seems like a once in a lifetime event, Covid-19 is not the first pandemic to make a mark in the School’s history. In fact, the School has some experience dealing with contagious diseases such as the 1918 Spanish flu and theRead More
Photo by Tony Lee/The Choate News The Visual Arts Concentration program for this year’s new group of students has been modified to accommodate Covid-19 health and safety guidelines. With nearly half of the fall term being held remotely and Visual Arts Concentration advisers Ms. Smita Sen and Mr. Aaron SoberRead More
